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Case File

CVE-2016-6254

CRITICAL · CVSS 9.1 EPSS 5.70% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-08-19 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2016-6254
Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS
9.1
EPSS
5.70%

Original Filing — NVD Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the parse_packet function in network.c in collectd before 5.4.3 and 5.x before 5.5.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted network packet.